Experts

McDonnell & Partners, Former BBC Moscow Correspondent

Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social, Political and Economic Problems in the 20th Century, Institute of World History, Russian Academy of Sciences

Ph.D. (History), Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in History, Chief of Research and Publishing Dept, RAS Oriental Studies Institute

Scientific Director of the RAS Institute of Economics, RAS Corresponding Member

Co-chairman of Polish-Russian Group on Difficult Matters, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland

Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Witology, Chairman of Board of League of Independent Experts

PhD in Economics, Head of the Center for Agrarian Research and Food Security, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Doctor of History, Assistant Professor at St. Petersburg State University

PhD in Economics, Leading Researcher at Center for South-East Asia, Australia and Oceania Studies, RAS Institute for Oriental Studies

Graduate Student at MGIMO Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Bachelor of Foreign Regional Studies (East Asia Regional Studies: Economy and Politics (China)), Institute of Business Studies, RANEPA under the President of the Russian Federation

Senior Lecturer, Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University “LETI” and Saint Petersburg State University

President of the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC), Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (1998–2004)

Doctor of History, Professor at MGIMO-University

Rector of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, RAS Vice-President, RAS Full Member

PhD in Economics Vice Dean of International Journalism Department; Associate Professor, Department of the World Economy, Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO University) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation

PhD in History, Caucasus Problems and Regional Security Center at the MGIMO University

PhD in Political Science, Research Centre for International and Regional Politics (Saint-Petersburg), Project Coordinator, Euroacademy (Tallinn), professor

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

PhD Candidate in International Relations, specialist in Russian and Eurasian Affairs, Turkey

Master of Arts in International Relations (MGIMO University), Independent Analyst

Founder and Chairman, CeNext Consulting Group, New Delhi

Research Fellow at the Center for the Middle East Studies, IMEMO RAS

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Research Fellow at the Center of Arab and Islamic Studies, Institute of Oriental Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences

PhD in History, Deputy Dean of the MGIMO University

Director of Research and Information Centre, Intergovernmental Water Management Coordination Commission for Central Asia, Member of the World Water Council

Chief economist at the VEB.RF, RIAC member.

Deputy Speaker of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, RIAC Member

Ph.D. in History

Scientific Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America, RAS Corresponding Member